Olga Nethersole

Olga Nethersole Biography

Olga Isabella Nethersole, CBE, RRC (18 January 1867 " 9 January 1951) was an English actress, theatre producer, and wartime nurse/health educator.

Biography

She was born in London, of Spanish descent on her mother's side, and made her stage début at Theatre Royal, Brighton in 1887. From 1888 she played important parts in London, at first under Rutland Barrington and John Hare at the Garrick Theatre.

She toured Australia and America, playing leading parts in modern plays, notably Clyde Fitch's Sapho, where she was arrested for "violating public decency" and later found innocent at trial. Her powerful emotional acting, however, made a great effect in some other plays, such as Carmen, in which she again appeared in America in 1906.

She served as a nurse in London throughout World War I and later established the People's League of Health, for which she received the Royal Red Cross (RRC) in 1920. She combined her theatre work with health work for the rest of her life. She was created a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1936.

She died on 9 January 1951 in Bournemouth, England. Her brother, Louis F. Nethersole, was a theatrical manager, producer and press agent and one-time husband of the American actress and singer, Sadie Martinot.

Performances

This is a partial list of her notable performances:

Mary Magdalene, 5 December 1910 - December 1910
The Writing on the Wall, 26 April 1909 - May 1909
The Enigma, 8 February 1908 - 1 March 1908
I Pagliacci, 8 February 1908 - 1 March 1908
Sapho, 1908

Legacy

Between 1885 and 1890, her portrait was painted in Omaha, Nebraska by artist Herbert A. Collins.

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